Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines can give oral or poster presentations at the 21st University of St. Thomas Research Symposium on April 9-11. Read more

UST is First Houston University to Host TEDx Talks

Fourteen speakers with a connection to St. Thomas will speak at the first TEDxUSTHouston, on topics ranging from bioinformatics to women’s rights in the Middle East. Read more

Prepare for Easter with the Way of the Cross

Prepare for Easter by Walking the Way of the Cross through the heart of Houston. Read more.

Rodeo Scholarships Help Students Saddle Up

Every year, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo awards high school seniors and college students scholarships to further their education.Read more.

Alumnus Feels the Beat with Music Career

For nearly 25 years Walter Suhr has been making the citizens of Houston dance to the rhythms his band, Mango Punch!, has produced. Read more.

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Faith in Our Future
As Faith in Our Future: The Campaign for the University of St. Thomas progresses, a new site has launched that provides an in-depth, one-stop look at this multifaceted campaign. Visit this site to learn more about campaign initiatives, future plans and exciting updates.

During spring break, two students from the University of St. Thomas traded the warmer Houston weather for snow-covered Canada. Rebecca Skaff, a senior international studies and communication major, and Marcus Walden, a senior environmental studies and theology major, traveled to Fredericton, New Brunswick, to present their research papers at a sister school, St. Thomas University, on March 13.

The Cameron School of Business and the Center for International Studies plan to offer a certificate in social entrepreneurship, which will empower students to become social entrepreneurs. The certificate also gives students the foundational knowledge and access to investors needed to transform social enterprise ideas into concrete, income-generating activities.

Alumni and friends from all walks of life come together for one of the biggest University of St. Thomas alumni events, Two Saints and a Taco Tasting, a taco tasting competition with some of Houston’s best restaurants in combination with the taps of Texas’ oldest craft brewery.

More than 80 students from the University of St. Thomas Filipino Student Association attended the Goodphil Games at Texas A&M University on March 13. The weekend was filled with camaraderie, competition and bonding for the students involved.

Six-time U.S. Ambassador and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Pickering will deliver the 2015 Distinguished Diplomat Lecture titled, “Challenges Facing U.S. Foreign Policy to 2016.”

University of St. Thomas
The University of St. Thomas, dedicated to educating leaders of faith and character, is a private institution committed to the liberal arts and to the religious, ethical and intellectual tradition of Catholic higher education. St. Thomas is Houston’s only Catholic University and was founded by the Basilian Fathers in 1947.